Lawmakers Easing Off Brakes On Nashville’s East Bank Authority Bill
Top Stories
Saturday, April 06, 2024
Conservative Republican Courtney Johnston Announces Campaign For Congress
 |
| Courtney Johnston |
Nashville, Tenn. – Today, Conservative Metro Councilwoman Courtney Johnston announced she is running in the Republican primary to represent the 5th Congressional District.
“Middle Tennessee deserves a Member of Congress who is committed to fighting for our beliefs instead of just fighting for headlines,” said Johnston. “I’m running for Congress because I
believe in public service and in just a few short years on the Metro Council, I’ve been able to deliver real results. I’ve seen first-hand what the radical left wants to do in Nashville, and we
can’t let that happen in Washington, D.C. We need real, effective, conservative leadership.”
A formal campaign kickoff will come later this month.
Before serving on the Council, Johnston was a small business owner and took on the
bureaucracy and ran against an incumbent after her home was broken into. She saw first-hand
the need for better representation, crime reduction, and fiscal responsibility.
During her first term on Metro Council, Johnston fought to fully fund law enforcement, voted
against property tax hikes, and delivered real results for her district. As an experienced small
business owner, she’s a political outsider who wants to drain the swamp and get rid of career
politicians.
“I support President Trump, I’m pro-life, I’m for immediately securing the border, and fully
funding law enforcement. Andy Ogles says he believes all that too — but he’s a totally
ineffective politician who’s getting nothing done. He hasn’t passed a single bill into law. We
need a real conservative leader who will deliver results, not a do-nothing grandstander who just
chases headlines. That’s why I’m running.”
For more information about Courtney and her campaign, please visit JohnstonForCongress.com.
Top Stories
Rep. Susan Lynn, Week 12 Recap
From Rep. Susan Lynn, April 6, 2024-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Top Stories
East Bank Authority Bill in Committee this Tuesday
Rod's Comment: I am passing along the above communication from the DCRP as a public service. I have not done a deep dive into this issue. I was initially opposed when I understood that the authority would have power of eminent domain, but it will not. That was my primary concern. I think the issues raised in above communications are legitimate, however. I have not seen a defense of why this proposed authority is necessary and why it needs to be created by the State.
Top Stories
Friday, April 05, 2024
Tennessee bill would make illegally blocking roadway a felony
Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, said the bill is intended to stop vehicles from blocking traffic and creating dangerous situations. The bill also would include protests that block a street.
“We have a lot of problems with drivers blocking the interstates and intersections to do what they call drifting, which is spinning donuts and they’re stopping traffic in four-way intersections,” Taylor said during Senate committee. “A lot of times they’re hanging out the car window brandishing firearms. It terrorizes motorists who are simply stopped in traffic and they have no idea what’s going on.”
Senate Bill 2570 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 7-2 and will next head to the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee. The bill's fiscal note estimates it will cost the state $241,000 annually for added costs of incarceration.
The bill also allows a private right of action for property damage from blocking the roadway.
Sen. Sara Kyle, D-Memphis, pointed out the bill also would impact protests that block a roadway despite that detail not being included in the bill’s explanation. Kyle said the right to protest is a First Amendment right.
“No one’s First Amendment right gives them the authority or the right to break the law,” Taylor responded.
A Class D felony is punishable by a minimum of two years in prison and a maximum fine of $5,000. If approved, SB 2570 would take effect July 1.
Other state legislatures have pushed similar bills to add penalties for blocking roads during protests, including Washington.
Rod's Comment: I fully support this. This could save lives.
I had never carried a gun until the Black Lives Matters riots. If you recall that time, it was not uncommon for protestors to block roads and people were pulled out of cars and beaten simply because they were White. Durning this time, I avoided downtown and the interloop Interstates and places where protest was more likely to occur. And, I carried. Had I been trapped on an interstate and a mob started breaking my car windows, I would have used it.
There is no constitutional right to block a highway. The lawlessness that happened during the George Floyd riots must never be allowed to happen again. In addition to the blocking of roadways for protest, the blocking of roadways and taking over intersections to do donuts and reckless driving exhibitions and racing should not be tolerated.
Already, blocking a roadway is a class A misdemeanor punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of 11 months, 29 days, a maximum fine of $2,500, or both. This bill increases the penalty from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class D felony if a defendant intentionally obstructs a highway, street and is punishable by a term of imprisonment not less than two years but not more than 12 years, and a jury is authorized to assess a maximum fine of $5,000, unless otherwise provided by statute.
Unfortunately, I am unsure if this law would do much to affect blocking a roadway in Nashville as a result of protest. We have a DA who will not prosecute criminals if he is sympathetic to their cause. However, it may be more difficult for the DA to refuse to prosecute felonies than it is to refuse to prosecute misdemeanors.
Top Stories
Thursday, April 04, 2024
No Labels won’t run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate
The No Labels group said Thursday it will not field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization failed to attract a high-profile centrist willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Read More.
Top Stories
About that Bird flu. We need to get to the bottom of this.
See this: The largest fresh egg producer in the US has found bird flu in chickens at a Texas plant. This is happening across the country. In Texas, Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. said approximately 1.6 million laying hens, about 3.6% of its total flock, were destroyed after avian influenza was found at a facility in Parmer County, Texas. Also, they found it in chickens in Michigan.
I don't know this, but maybe the deep state is causing this in order to gain more power over our food supply. I see a pattern here. A grease fire at a potato chip factory, an airplane crashing into a chicken processing plant, a commode backing up at the local brewery. It sure looks suspicious. We need to get to the bottom of this.
If the government gains control over the food supply, then they can impose rationing and we will all have ration cards and if you say the wrong thing on social media your rations can be cut off. If people object and get rowdy, they can impose martial law. Just saying.
I don't know, but I do wonder, how this bird flu is being spread? What is it they are spewing out of the airplanes anyway? Might it be the bird flu virus? I don't know, I am just asking questions.
I sure hope Tucker Carlson is on top of this.
Top Stories
Is the Trailer filled with Bibles set on Fire in Mt. Juliet the Start of an all-out War on Christians?
My first thought was not that this is part of the attack on religion in America. My first thought was someone will likely frame this as part of a conspiracy of an attack on religion in America.
This would not be too far-fetched. You may recall a few years ago there were several small isolated rural Black churches that burnt, and the liberal media framed these occurrences as racist terror. I don't recall if there was ever anyone charged with the setting of these fires but there was no evidence of a concerted effort to destroy Black churches in the rural south and the story kind of petered out after a while.
There are a lot of conspiracy theories in circulation. Sometimes people see conspiracies because they want to believe the worst of someone else and they will allege someone is engaged in nefarious plans or activities when all they are doing is just using reckless bombastic hyperbolic rhetoric. When Trump uses the word "bloodbath" to describe the economic fallout of Democratic Party polices if he is not reelected, he is not calling on his supporters to prepare to go on a killing rampage if he is not reelected. Sometimes people see conspiracies were there aren't any; sometimes they pretend they do.
When the chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party, Hendrell Remus, says Governor Bill Lee is building a theocracy in Tennessee, I don't think he really believes it. Of course, Gov. Lee couldn't if he wanted to. Remus was just using inflammatory rhetoric to describe polices with which he disagrees so as to entice Democrats to contribute to the Party.
Putting aside those who claim to see a conspiracy when really what they are seeing is the use of rhetoric or they themselves are using rhetoric to describe policies with which they disagree, there are still a lot of peoples seeing conspiracies. While there is still the occasional left-wing conspiracy theory, now it seems most conspiracy theories are generated on the right. And, there are there a bunch of them!
Watching this increasing belief in conspiracies for a while now, I have observed that some conspiracy theories do not have to have any basis in fact and yet they can gain traction. You may recall the theory of few years ago that Governor Bill Haslam was trying to impose Sharia Law on Tennessee. Evidence for this was that he hired a Muslim to serve in his administration. Other evidence was that the State was building a Muslim foot bath in the legislative office building.
The Muslim was in fact a Muslim. Her name was Samar Ali. She was hired as the Assistant Commissioner for International Affairs. She was born in Waverly, Tennessee, attended Catholic school as a child, her father was a medical doctor and an officer in the Tennessee National Guard. She did not wear a Hajib and had a west Tennessee accent. She was a graduate of Vanderbilt University School of Law. Ms. Ali was a law clerk to the Honorable Gilbert S. Merritt of the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and a judicial intern and law clerk to the Honorable Edwin Cameron, in the Constitutional Court of South Africa. She had served as a White House Fellow in President Obama's administration. She had a long, impressive resume, but that she was Muslim was enough for some to see this as part of Haslam's conspiracy to impose Sharia Law.
The Muslim foot bath turned out to be a mop sink.
And then there was Agenda 21. It was not a policy or a law, but a United Nations study suggesting some dramatic policy proposals to combat climate change. I thought it was kind of a nutty set of policy proposals, but that is all it was. Yet, the right-wing went nuts and everything from shade to bicycles to codes prohibition on parking cars in your front lawn, to native plants was seen as part of this massive conspiracy. The GOP even put an anti-Agenda 21 plank in the party platform. (see some of my blog post on the topic)
Of course, the biggest conspiracy theory to ever affect our politics is the belief that the 2020 election was stolen. Despite over 60 legal cases brought to challenge the election and media investigation of the election fraud claims, there was no evidence that the election was stolen. Yet, a significant number of people continue to believe it was.
Another conspiracy theory that has no basis in fact is the chem trail theory. That is the theory that the water vapors you see trailing jets is not really water vapor but chemicals the government is spraying into the air. Our State Senate just passed a bill to ban these non-existent chem trails.
While some conspiracy theories can thrive with no evidence, some conspiracy theories present a series of events to show a pattern. Usually, it takes three similar incidents to show a pattern. A few months ago, or maybe a year ago or so, I was watching Tucker Carlson. He was building the case that there was a concerted attack on the American food supply. As evidence he reported that there had been a grease fire at a potato chip factory somewhere, and that in a separate incident a small airplane had crashed into a chicken processing plant or some such facility. (link)
After seeing that episode, I started wondering how many food processing facilities there are in America. I don't know but everything from breweries to butcher shops, to bakeries are food processing facilities. I have about six food processing facilities within two miles of my home. This is nuts. There must be thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of food processing facilities in America. A certain number of fires or crimes or accidents are going to happen at food processing plants every day. Anyway, disabling or partially disabling them one-by-one, for maybe twenty-four hours, seems like a not very efficient way to attack America's food supply.
In addition to showing patterns, conspiracy mongers simply spread doubt and lead people to think whatever happened must be part of a conspiracy without every actually saying it is a conspiracy. We are seeing that with the Baltimore bridge collapse. I saw Jesse Waters of Fox News laying it on thick about how improbable it was that the Baltimore mishap was just an accident and saying, we must get to the bottom of this.
A trailer full of bibles being set on fire really plays into the right-wing narrative that the "deep state" is on a mission to destroy the institution of religion in America. I expect to hear news that somewhere a church had an unexplained toilette back up and Sunday School had to be cancelled. If so, we must get to the bottom of this.
Top Stories
Wednesday, April 03, 2024
Tuesday, April 02, 2024
What's on the Council Agenda for April 2.
It should go without saying that her opinions are her own. While I do agree with most of her positions; not all. One area of disagreement is that I tend to favor less government regulation of property rights; not more. I generally support Non-Owner Occupied Short Term Rental development. We are a tourist destination and NOO STR's are a souse of lodging for the visitors who come to spend money in our city. While I think the roll out of NEST may have been rushed and support the delay to analyze the impact on infrastructure, I support the general framework of the NEST proposal. The main reason we have a lack of affordable housing is government curtailing of housing supply by restrictive zoning. We will either grow denser or have more urban sprawl and less affordable housing.
Note that the highlighting and bold typeface is in the original email. If you would like to be included on Rae's email distribution list, contact her at raekeo@aol.com.
In addition to her reporting on the Council, Rae is a facilitator of the Nashville Conservatives breakfast group.
To access the Metro Council Agenda, the agenda analysis, the minutes of the meetings, and video of the Council meeting follow this link.
Hello BRANDON AND ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS
Since you will be voting on several matters of concern below is my opinion and questions about some matters before you tonight.
I would appreciate some responses to my questions.
I spend a few hours on this each meeting I would appreciate a response to my questions.
I and many others will be WATCHING you all on TV!
I have a comment about the TRANSIT use here in Nashville 2024 as per the forecast published by WeGo-MTA, Total Revenue = $11million, Total bus Expense = $102million. This means that for each $2 trip paid by passenger, the cost to non-riding taxpayer additional $18.00. Do you believe Metro Taxpayers would agree for a Tax increase for the Mayor’s “Transit Plan”? Source MTA .
I don’t usually comment on developments outside my council district but since you all are considering ELIMINATING the SINGLE-FAMILY ZONING FOR ALL OF DAVIDSON COUNTY, I WILL NO LONGER LIMIT MY COMMENTS. IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOU ARE ALL CONSIDERING COUNCILMANIC COURTESY SHOULD GO THE WAY OF THE DODO BIRD! In my considered opinion part of the housing problem in Nashville is the NOO STR’S. You passed a zoning class of NS AND IT SHOULD BE USED!!!!!! I have a building right next to me empty Monday -Thurs which could have been several apartments. There is a large building on 31st AVE & LONG BLVD which is 100% AIR BNB/ NOO STR!
BL2023-132 I SUPPORT. An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from CS to R6-A zoning for property located at 103 Rayon Drive, south of Bridgeway Avenue and east of Rayon Drive, (0.15 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023Z-078PR-001).
BL2023-134 I SUPPORT. An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from CS to MUL-NS zoning for properties located at 801 and 828 Royal Parkway, east of the corner of Royal Parkway and Airport Center Drive (10.68 acres), within a Planned Unit Development Overlay District, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023Z-100PR-001).
BL2024-211 I OPPOSE PERMITTING NOO STR in this development! THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS! You are all considering removing single family zoning and yet you are trying to permit NOO STR’S in this development! NOO STR’s in my opinion are one of the reasons we have a shortage of AFFORDABLE housing I am living near a development of 100% STR’S on 31st AVE N & LONG BLVD! You have no right to complain about AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGES when you do things like this! We supported and passed a NS zone for a reason this is so insulting I am outraged. An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by amending a Specific Plan for various properties located along Limestone Place, River Pearl Place and W. Trinity Lane, approximately 215 feet west of Youngs Lane, zoned SP (5.15 acres), to permit short term rental properties - not owner occupied, and modify building height and sidewalk conditions, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2018SP-082-003).
BL2024-220 I SUPPORT. An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from RS5 to R6-A zoning for property located at 1708 17th Ave. N., approximately 250 feet northwest of Wheless Street (0.19 acres) and located within a Detached Accessory Dwelling Unit Overlay District, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023Z-109PR-001).
BL2024-221 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from CS and RS10 to SP zoning for properties located at 3525, 3533, 3537, and 3539 Dickerson Pike, Dickerson Pike (unnumbered), and Due West Avenue North (unnumbered), approximately 970 feet south of the intersection of Dickerson Pike and Due West Ave. N., (36.92 acres), to permit a mixed use development with 22,000 square feet of non-residential uses and 525 multi-family residential units, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2022SP-077-001).
BL2024-229 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from R40 to RS40 zoning for various properties along Cloverland Drive, west of Cloverland Park Drive (112.76 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2024Z-015PR-001).
BL2024-255 I SUPPORT. An ordinance amending Section 17.40.720 of the Metropolitan Code to require mailed notice to all affected property owners of R, R-A, RS, and RS-A parcels when a change to the Zoning Code results in an increase or decrease in the number of allowed dwelling units on the affected parcels (Proposal No. 2024Z-009TX-001).
BL2024-271 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from CS to SP zoning for property located at 316 Homestead Road, approximately 240 feet north of Southridge Drive (1.56 acres), to permit 23 multi-family residential units, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023SP-032-001).
BL2024-276 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from CS to SP zoning for properties located at 330 and 332 Homestead Road, approximately 745 feet west of Dickerson Pike (2.24 acres), to permit 33 multi-family residential units, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023SP-041-001).
BL2024-280 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from R8 to RM15 zoning for properties at 2937 and 2939 Brick Church Pike, approximately 328 feet northeast of Brick Church Park Drive (4.24 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2024Z-017PR-001).
BL2024-281 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from IR to SP zoning for properties located at 3900, 3906, and 3914 Charlotte Avenue, 3905, 3907, 3909, 3911, 3913, and 3915 Alabama Avenue, 411 39th Ave. N., and 406 40th Ave. N., at the northwest corner of Charlotte Avenue and 39th Ave N (2.7 acres), to permit a mixed use development with 249 multi-family residential units, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023SP-054-001).
BL2024-283 I SUPPORT Good job zoning this NS. An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from R6-A to RM20-A-NS zoning for properties located at 75, 77 and 79 Robertson Street, approximately 111 feet east of Fairfield Ave. (0.33 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2024Z-007PR-001).
BL2024-284 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from RS10 to R10 zoning for property located at 1705 River Drive, approximately 390 feet east of Hydes Ferry Road, (0.75 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2023Z-097PR-001).
BL2024-287 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from AR2A to RS10 zoning for properties located at 7946 and 7968 McCrory Lane, approximately 98 feet north of Beautiful Valley Drive (22.93 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2024Z-005PR-001).
BL2024-288 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by changing from AR2A to R10 zoning for property located at 3196 Hamilton Church Road, approximately 114 feet south of Roundwood Forest Drive (0.47 acres), all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 2024Z-012PR-001).
BL2024-289 What is being done to restrict NOO STR’S in this development? An ordinance to amend Title 17 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws, the Zoning Ordinance of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by amending a portion of the Residential Planned Unit Development District for property located at 8230 Eva Drive, at the southwestern corner of Tyler Drive and Andrew Jackson Parkway (3.54 acres) zoned R10, to permit 40 multi-family residential units and three detached two-family residential units, for a total of 46 units, all of which is described herein (Proposal No. 95P-004-001).
RS2024-331 I SUPPORT! A resolution to approve the Second Amendment to a grant contract for constructing affordable housing approved by RS2021-936 between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission, and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville.
RS2024-332 I SUPPORT the intention but how many homes will be built for over $5million? Resolution 332,333,334 add up to $11 million how many homes are we to expect? A resolution to approve the First Amendment to four grant contracts for constructing affordable housing approved by RS2022-1443 between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission, and certain non-profit organizations.
RS2024-333 I SUPPORT the intention but how many homes will be built for over $2million? Resolution 332,333,334 add up to $11 million how many homes are we to expect? A resolution to approve the Second Amendment to a grant contract for constructing affordable housing approved by RS2022-1443 between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission, and Inspiritus Inc.
RS2024-334 I SUPPORT the intention but how many homes will be built for over $4 million? Resolution 332,333,334 add up to $11 million how many homes are we to expect? A resolution to approve the First Amendment to four grant contracts for constructing affordable housing approved by RS2022-1443 between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission, and certain non-profit organizations.
RS2024-335 I SUPPORT A resolution to approve the First Amendment to a grant contract for constructing affordable housing approved by RS2022-1444 between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Metropolitan Housing Trust Fund Commission, and Pathway Lending.
RS2024-337 I SUPPORT. Are we making sure the payments are going to AMERICAN CITIZENS? In addition to paying the security and first month’s rent are we helping with job referrals and mental health/ addiction services for these individuals? A resolution approving a subrecipient agreement by and between the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Office of Homeless Services, for one-time payments of first month’s rent and security/utility deposits on behalf of homeless persons obtaining housing through various campaigns.
RS2024-338 I SUPPORT. A resolution approving amendments to the grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Office of Family Safety, and the Mary Parrish Center.
RS2024-339 I SUPPORT. A resolution approving an application for an Assistance to Firefighters Grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Fire Department, to provide funding for equipment to protect the health and safety of the public and first responder personnel against fire and fire-related hazards.
RS2024-340/341/342/343 I SUPPORT. A resolution approving an intergovernmental agreement between The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, and Dickson County, by and through the Dickson County Sheriff’s Office, for the distribution of state grant funds to assist with investigations of internet crimes against children.
RS2024-344 I SUPPORT. I hope this means convicted FELONS who should not LEGALLY have guns will be prosecuted! A resolution approving an application for a Project Safe Neighborhoods grant from the Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, to reduce gun related violence in Nashville by providing funding for overtime for the investigation of violent crimes involving guns.
RS2024-345 I SUPPORT. I am not sure why we have to pay $25K for CSX to repair their bridge and or tracks but it is better than having a derailment. I would also suggest we do something about the poor condition of the track crossing at Ed Temple Blvd and Buchanan! A resolution approving a preliminary engineering agreement between CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. (CSXT), a Virginia corporation with its principal place of business in Jacksonville, Florida, and the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), to facilitate the development of bridge repairs and painting at Walton Lane, Hart Lane, Division Street, Woodland Street, Nashville Zone, and Nashville Terminal Subdivision. (Proposal No. 2023M-042AG-001).
RS2024-347 Another sole source contract? When are we going to have a full study re these sole source contracts????? A resolution approving a contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and The TDH Company, LLC for the provision of Duperon, EnviroMix, Xylem Sanitaire, and Shand & Jurs products, parts and services for the Central Water Reclamation Facility.
RS2024-348 I OPPOSE What would be a good reason to trample on property rights of these 9 owners? What exactly is the stormwater improvement needed to take someone’s property? A resolution to amend Ordinance BL2022-1514 of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County to acquire permanent and temporary easements through negotiation, condemnation, and acceptance for the Radnor Street Stormwater Improvement Project for nine properties located on Radnor Street, Morton Avenue and Timmons Street, (Project No. 22-SWC-238 and Proposal No. 2022M-141ES-002)
RS2024-351 I SUPPORT! I suggest we start with Mental health and addiction services to the “un-housed” persons. Save some time in analysis! A resolution requesting certain departments of the Metropolitan Government to provide a comprehensive analysis of recommended changes to increase the safety, security, housing resources for the unhoused, and cleanliness of the properties surrounding the Cumberland River within the downtown interstate loop.
RS2024-352 I SUPPORT! A resolution expressing support to the Tennessee General Assembly for House Bill 2814/Senate Bill 2710 regarding drag racing.
RS2024-353 I OPPOSE Have any of you read the audit? How do you think the university can continue to give so much money in scholarships and stay solvent? A resolution opposing legislation vacating the state university board of Tennessee State University and allowing the management, governance, powers, and duties to be transferred to the Tennessee higher education commission.
BL2024-254 I SUPPORT! An ordinance to amend Title 15 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws relative to infrastructure investment for offsite construction.
BL2024-290 I SUPPORT! An ordinance to amend Chapter 2.196 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding lobbying.
BL2024-291 I SUPPORT! An ordinance amending Section 12.41.080(C) of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to allow the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Department of Transportation and Multimodal Infrastructure (NDOT), to charge and collect fees for use of the public right-of-way, in connection with applications for valet parking permits.
BL2024-292 I SUPPORT! With one proviso if an outside organization does not maintain the bush or tree there must be some consequence. We cannot have STOP signs or visibility blocked. An ordinance amending Section 13.08.050 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws with respect to planting trees, bushes, hedges, or other landscaping amenities within the right-of-way of any street within the area of the Metropolitan Government.
BL2024-293 I OPPOSE! Sometime FENCES make good neighbors and some folks in Nashville may not be able to afford a fee in addition to putting up a fence. Will there be some consideration of fee waivers? An ordinance amending Chapter 15.64 and Chapter 16.04 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws to restrict fences in the floodway and floodplain and to require a fence permit for all fences to be constructed within Nashville and Davidson County.
BL2024-294 I SUPPORT! An ordinance to amend Section 15.64.170 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws regarding development of athletic fields within floodways.
BL2024-259 I OPPOSE! The city should not be involved . The members of the Restrictive covenant or HOA should vote to either remove or not remove restrictions. An ordinance authorizing the director of the Metropolitan Planning Department, or her designee, to terminate the declaration of restrictive covenants for Bowen House and 2830 Donelson.
As always thanks for your time and attention.
Rae
Top Stories
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
